Be careful what you wish for …

I have heard this before and I think it is a great word for today. 

The reality for most of us is this:  We grumble.  We grumble and complain.  And we want more.  The words of scripture are not put there for us to judge others — they are put there so that we can judge ourselves.

In Exodus, the Hebrew people constantly complain and grumble. 

Exodus 15 24 So the people grumbled against Moses … (and God)

And it what did they grumble about?  Security, food, water, the flavor of the food, how hard it was, and the list goes on and on.

The disciples judged someone for wanting a prominent position … because THEY wanted a prominent position.

Matthew 20  ​​25Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.  26Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27and whoever wants to be first must be your slave– 28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Watching “A Football Life”, Bill Parcells tells his friend Mickey, “If I could just win ONE Super Bowl.”  They win one, and later he tells Mickey, “If I could just win just ONE MORE Super Bowl.”  How many Super Bowls would have satisfied Bill Parcells?

Bill Gates once made the comment that “he could not afford to NOT work on Sunday”, that church and religion were detrimental to his financial security.  How much money would satisfy Bill Gates?

But these are not the questions that we must answer.

What WE must answer is what it would take to satisfy us.

What is it that we truly need?

The reality is that our desire to fill ourselves up NEVER be satisfied.  We are simply, when left to our own devices, INSATIABLE.

Much like the freed Hebrews, and the disciples, and Bill Parcells and Bill Gates, our desire for more will never be satisfied.  We will always want what we do not have, and what we can never get.

2000 years ago Jesus stood over the city of Jerusalem and it simply says, in John 11:35, “Jesus Wept”.

As we approach the Christmas season, let us understand that our stockings are full.  Let us understand that our cupboards are full of food.  Let us understand that when we complain of high prices or political situations that we do so from a place and time that might be the easiest time to be alive in the history of the world.

Let’s all purpose to pursue something that will bring us to fulfillment … the Living God.  For in Him … we have life.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J